It's all about who you know and there is validity to the 6 degrees of separation theory. As a recruiter I rely on candidate referrals. Most of my searches are for extremely hard (if not almost impossible) to fill positions with companies on the bleeding edge of technology. Here are some of my thoughts and ramblings... who do YOU know?

Thursday, September 01, 2011

I remember my first mobile phone… do you?Go back to the early 90’s with me (yes I said
early 90’s).My husband sold automotive
accessories and was always lugging around this huge brick that he would use to
make calls. Imagine the giant handheld device with a foot long antenna.It was bigger than the satellite phones we
use today.

He lugged that phone everywhere and I’m sure everyone
thought he was incredibly cool and hip.It was a great conversation ice breaker.I didn’t really see the value of having a mobile phone until he
installed one in my car (yes, installed).

At the time I was working for a temporary staffing agency as
an outside sales representative.My
territory was pretty much all of Dallas and I spent the better part of my day
in my car.Having that phone in my car
turned out to be one of the best gifts he ever gave me and initiated my
relationship with mobile phones.A love
affair that continues and deepens every day!

My next phone was a smaller handheld device… anyone remember
these puppies?

Enter the SmartPhone… I’ll never give mine up.You will have to pry my iPhone out of my
cold, dead hand.All my contacts,
photos, emails, personal information – everything I need is on that phone.I enabled the MobileMe locator in the event that
I have a stroke or something and somehow it becomes misplaced.My daughter started college and we
have been talking over Face Time – she has a Mac computer and called my
iPhone.Now that I have my iPad we don’t
even need a phone or phone number to talk.

I’m now on my second iPhone (will have to pay full price for
the iPhone5 now) and received a package from the Apple store yesterday with my
new iPad2 in it.SWEET!!! Couldn’t wait
to get it synced and start using it.

I’ll
probably use it now more than my iPhone since the screen is larger and I can
actually see the WebPages.This will
replace my laptop now when I’m out and about.I can work, take notes, make videos, face time, the possibilities are
endless!

This made me realize just how far we have come with wireless
devices.We started talking on our
mobile phones.Then they introduced this
little tool called texting… what a game changer!Any of you who have children are texting pros
I’m sure.I actually prefer to text now
and find that I don’t use all of my monthly minutes anymore, even downsized to
the minimum package.From texting I have
noticed that I’m using my mobile phone more for work now since my Outlook is on
my phone and I use at least 5 Social Media apps daily.

My iPhone has become my mobile wallet and is used mostly for
the apps and for those occasional phone calls or in case of emergency.Can’t wait to see what’s around the corner… isn’t
technology amazing?